Yes, those movies are well known over the world, as masterpieces of SF!

But I like "The A team", much more than above(^_^;)
....in Japanese title "Stormtrooper, guy A-team"....I don't know the reason why.

In Japan, the stories corresponding to those masterpieces are

Space Battle ship YAMATO as Star Blazers

and GUNDAM, I guess.

Of course, the effects to SF history by these 2 animations are much weaker than Star Trek and Star Wars.
But the effects to japanese animation by these 2 animations might be huge and
could be impossible to ignore these 2 animations
for japanese animation.

Then, those 2 animations are still popular.

I have been to see that "a statue of GUNDAM" in this weekend
....during a buisiness trip(^_^;)

The day when I took this pic was the last day for exhibition

I had a cup of soba at noodle vender at Higashi shiuoka station, 310 YEN.

Actually, I don't know how to prepare noodle itself from buckwheat (^_^;)
Thus, I will write down from "rehydratable" soba noodle.

http://www.kanmen.com/
this is the web site of
Federation of Cooperatives of "rehydratable noodle"
sorry for Japanese(^_^;)

1. Buy rehydratable noodle and
concentrated soup from grocery.
If you can not find these in your local one,
try to go "chinese or korean" market.
Sometime, they sell Japanese foods.
When I was in Dallas TX,
I usually had been there for buying Japanese food.